Martyrs is a 2015 American horror film directed by Kevin and Michael Goetz, and written by Mark L. Smith.

Martyrs premiered at the Sitges Film Festival on October 9, 2015, and was released in limited theaters on January 22, 2016, by Anchor Bay Entertainment.

Lucie spends the rest of her childhood at St. Mary's Orphanage, where she is haunted by hallucinations of a strange-looking creature that attempts to attack her at every turn.

Over time, she grows extremely close to Anna Assaoui, a fellow resident at the orphanage and Lucie's only friend.

While cleaning the crime scene, Anna finds a secret panel in a closet which leads to a hidden basement.

The two regroup with Lucie and safely make their exit from the basement when several trucks arrive with Eleanor, Fenton and several other people to give chase; after the pursuit, all three girls are soon captured and taken under custody.

Later, Anna is interrogated by Eleanor, who explains that her group is a collective dedicated to discovering what waits in the afterlife; by torturing women and young girls to their breaking point, they believe they can create Martyrs with an ability to glimpse briefly into "the other side".

As an example, Eleanor has Anna watch from an overhead room as the cabal gathers to observe a captive woman being burned at the stake.

The doctor cuts and peels a piece of flesh from Lucie's back as part of the final preparations for her martyrdom.

The project dates back to at least 2008 with the director of the original, Pascal Laugier, negotiating for the rights for an American remake of his film, Martyrs, released that same year.

[11] Kalyn Corrigan wrote that "aside from creating a much tamer version, the 2015 Martyrs headed by the Goetz brothers feels too similar to the first film, bordering on a shot-for-shot remake that doesn't really bring anything new or worthwhile to the table in order to justify its existence".